Desire Basements in the press

"That combination of clear choices and a concise written record keeps momentum, encourages quick decisions, and protects both the client and our margins."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"The uninterrupted route makes bathrooms and bedrooms reachable with dignity and privacy, and pocket doors recover swing space for furniture or wider clearances."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"There is also something appealing about a room with exactly one job. Most bedrooms now moonlight as offices and gyms. To Gen Z, a cold room only has one function: sleep."Kam Oveisy · Owner, Desire Basements · quoted by Anna Baluch, Realtor.com

"Measure what the structure gives you free, price what it withholds, and let the payback decide."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"A project we completed in Richmond Hill, which had very low ceilings in a sunken area, called for 9 heat vents to be fully modified from the ceiling to achieve an additional foot of ceiling height. By the end, we managed to run all of the pipes on the side walls, and we saved that additional foot without fail."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"Spend on what is expensive to add later and cheap to add now, and skip everything else. Adaptability that lives in finishes is decoration. Adaptability that lives in the slab, the walls, and the services is real."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"The most important single warning is cracks that are wider than a hairline and that are running from floor to ceiling. I personally always recommend repairing any size cracks to avoid any and all surprises in the future."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"When you walk into a house with a tastefully selected hardwood, it just makes the place look that much brighter and more appealing."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"The door is what makes it a bantry instead of a bar. You can close it."Kam Oveisy · Owner, Desire Basements · quoted eight times by Anna Baluch, Realtor.com

"If the materials have not been purchased or made, you have to make a small sacrifice and make it work for the clients. My reputation is everything to me."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"Across the 400+ basements our team has completed, this detail balances durability with accessibility for future servicing."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"Our rule for choosing between schedule, cost and fidelity to the concept is to protect the idea the client actually bought the project for."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"People remember being shown something far better than reading it in a binder weeks later."Kam Oveisy · Founder, Desire Basements

"If the roof still has life left in it, insulation wins and it is not close."Kam Oveisy · Owner, Desire Basements · quoted three times by Faith Wakefield, USA TODAY